The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1887-11-15
FARM NOTES

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adopted, as 1T appeared to increase for
!! several years; but lately, say Within
] the last GTe or six ears. !sst has lost
Its growing prominence; and farmers
are lncllning to the hill method again.
1T Is not doubted that allttle better
yields can bs obtained from drilling,
but not enough to pay for the increased
labor which 1t requires. Aud thi3is
the drawback, and will ALWAYS be ill
the way of Its general su,.sstitntion,5
Tnere are now machines Inyented TO
place the seed In hills rs well as In
drills,< which favors the hill system.
Indian corn is one or the great staples
of the country. AS food for man and
beastit surpasses all others combined.
Yet, until Within tile last few years,
the labor bestowed apon it's cultivation
was never as thoroughly as lts impor-
talice demanded Formerly The care
2iven 1t seemed to he grudged. The
soil was allowed to remain in Jumps,
and the grass and weeds to smother,
the young plants. Now all this has
been changed. A corn field Is cultiva-
tod with all tho attention Of a garden,
and tho yield per acre is third to q
half greater than twenty or thirty years
ago. AS to the cornfodder. we have
always thought that not nearly as
much caro- was bestowed upon it as it's
| value merfted. There is nothing easier
to cure, and there is no dry food that
cattle like better through the winter.
IL in good order, which we repeat is
not often the case, they prefer it to the
best hay usually fed by them, and
| thrive we'll upon 1T. And il cut into
inch pieces and lightly steamed, and
mixed with u little bran Or cotton.seed,
it Is valuable food.
POULTRY IN ORCHARDS. Some
farmers make it i. practice to keep their
| poultry III their orchards from early
spring until cold weather sets in,
and they find 1t pays. a picket fence
| should be built around the orchard,
high enough to prevent their flying
! over, with buildings III one corner Of
the yard to shelter them at night.
Thus situated, the poultry will thrive
| and prosper, keeping themselves in
| good condition, and the incre;sse Of
eggs will be- greatly augmented and
their usefulness enhanced to their
| owners at least, on account Of the
myriads Of insects and worms they
destroy, and which Will moro than re-
pay the cost and labor of budding the
| fence. BY keeping them enclosed in
this manner large number OF fowls
may be retained In the orchard, ,and the
continual scratching which is done by
| them proves advantageous both to the
! soil and the trees themselves.
| ALTHOUGH Devon cattle are not
considered tho best for beef produce
| ton, yet two steers exhibited at the
Chicago fat stock show took premiums
Zone Of them the second premium)
over twenty.one Shorthorn and Here.
| ford steers. They made an average
gain Of l20 pounds In thirty days, one
| weighing 1910 pounds and the other
2O34 pounds at years old. Neither
had been fed any grain until they were
3 years and months Old
TIE following is given as a good way
to heal up wounds caused by the split
ting OF fruit trees by frost or other
means: "Heat some grating wax, dip
a strip Of muslin IN it, and place 1t per.
J pendicularly over the wound; then put
three or more narrow bands around the
tree. This will be su1iclent, and the
healing process will go on rapidly.n
ONE OF the principal causes Of fall
ure IN preserving eggs is that In nearly
all cases where eggs are collected from
different sources few stale ones get
In among those that are fresh, thus In.
Juring all. Only strictly fresh eggs can
be preserved. .I.'
TOMATOES will not become effected
with the rot If the vines be properly
trimmed and stakcd. IT they be per.
mitted to fall over and the fruit rest on
the ground the result will be sometimes
| AN AtfHnK OP thn Tnt anI al oe H.
sects. ~
TIE white and brown Leghorn fowls
begin to lay when only five months old.
Ihey are non-setters, lay white eggs,
ana rank very high as egg producers.
They are, however, rather smalii in size,
and do not answer as well for market
as do the larger breeds.
| THOUGH sorghum seed is small. q
fair crop will yield twenty or twenty
five bushels, worth for feeding as much
as an equal weight OF corn, and better
for poultry. This by-product OF the
sorghum crop is in many places worth
ienough to pay for growing 1T, leaving
tho cane to be made into sugar, or fed
TO stock IL no conyeniences be near for
working it up.
i GOTAsH, bono and limo were men,
tioned as valuable fertilizers Tor the
peach. One ton OF KAHN it gave good
results from an acre of strawberry
plants, the fertilizer having been ap.
piled the previous Fall.
! WIEN MIR. T. Il. Baker, OF New
Jersey, applies chemical fertilizers
alone. he used one ton an over TO the
acre. BY manur ng IN this way, and
by deepening his soil with q subsoil
ploW. he Gays he has increased his farm
receipts from $l,75Oto $1,000 for ono
year from sales alone.
| CARROTS are said to be excellent
food for horses, giving sleek, oily
! appearance 10 their hair. AS from 500
to 1000 bushels may be raised to the
acre on good land, we think they might
be made profitable for home nse.
1T Is the appearance Of goods that
sells them Nice. large, fat, plump.
white turkeys, ducks, chicks, or geese
always bring outside prices.
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